(Tid bit: “God Sees The Truth, But Waits” is the story that inspired Stephen King to write Shawshank Redemption!) Tolstoy…
Maupassant was a 19th century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form. He was a representative…
“The Garden Party” and “Mr. and Mrs. Dove”. Mansfield once said “Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion…
A crime story writer during the Sherlock Holmes era, Barr wrote the first Holmes parody, “The Adventures of “Sherlaw Kombs”,…
Dick was an under-rated master of Science Fiction, in which he gravitated to writing dystopian stories. His cautionary tales, often…
Chekhov studied to be a Dr. He once said “Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I…
Rinehart is known for murder mysteries, in the style of Agatha Christie. She is credited with coining the phrase “the…
Wells was a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision…
Jewett was born into an old New England family in the coastal town of South Berwick, Maine. She published at…
Stowe is most famous for “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” which portrayed the real life of a slave and, some say, ignited…